GRE Word List
STAMP
to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument
The meaning of the word stamp is to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |